Necktie holder



NECKTIE HOLDER Filed April 5, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor A iiorneys A.V.MIENER 2,176,537

Oct. v, MIENER 2,176,537

NECKTIE HOLDER Filed April 5, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor V'M//wr A iiomeys Patented Oct. 17, 1939 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to necktie holders and more particularly to a device for preventing the slipping or displacement of a knot of a four-inhand necktie and. the disarrangement of the loose ends of the tie; and the invention together with its objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational View of a portion of a necktie showing the application of the invention thereto.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the knot portion of the tie further illustrating the application of the invention.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view of one form of holder.

Figure 4 is a side elevational View of the form of holder shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 and illustrating a second form of holder.

Figure 6 is a front elevational view of the form of holder shown in Figure 5, and

Figure 7 is a side elevational view thereof.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that in both forms of the invention the holder comprises a substantially U-shaped member one leg of which at its free end is provided with penetrating prongs or points to engage the rear scarf portion of the necktie and the other leg of which is provided at its free end with a hook to engage the fold of the knot of the. tie at the rear side of the knot.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive the holder therein designated by the reference numeral 5 is formed from a single strip of resilient metal of any suitable width and length, dimensioned, bent and shaped to provide a substantially U-shaped holder having a front leg 6 which at its free end is provided with a V- shaped notch toprovide a pair of penetrating prongs or points I and a rear leg 8 which at its free end is slightly offset and then bent back upon itself to provide a hook 9. At the bight or closed end Ill of the holder the leg 6 is slightly offset forwardly as shown.

In using the holder the latter is slipped upwardly into the knot I I of the tied four-in-hand tie I2 at the rear of the knot, and by holding the holder with one hand within the knot the rear or loose scarf portion I2a of the tie is pulled in tightening the knot I I. As a result thereof the holder will wedge its way into the knot until the rear fold of the knot II at the lower edge thereof engages in the hook 9 and the prongs 'I of the holder bite or pierce the rear scarf portion I20. of the tie as shown in Figure 2; the oifset bight end II] of the holder frictionally bearing against the scarf internally of the knot as shown in Figure 2, thus serving to positively secure the knot I I in position against slippage and the loose or scarf ends I'Za and I2!) against disarrangement.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 5 to 7 inclusive the holder therein indicated by the reference numeral 5a is formed from a single length of wire bent first into a substantial U and then with the legs of the first formed U then bent to provide a substantially U-shaped holder the leg 60:. of which is formed by the free ends of the wire. Said ends of the wire forming the legs to adjacent their extremities are relatively twisted together as at I3 and the terminals thereof disposed in diverged relation and providing penetrating points or prongs I l.

The leg 8a of the holder at the free end thereof, and at the close end of the wire is bent back upon itself to provide a hook 900.

As shown in Figure 5 the form of holder 5a shown in Figures 6 and 7 functions substantially in the same identical manner as the holder 5 and is positioned in association with the knot I I of the tie in substantially the same manner, hook 9a accommodating the rear fold of the knot at the lower edge thereof and the prongs I4 biting into the rear scarf or loose end of the tie to effectively hold the knot in place against slippage and the loose end or scarf portion of the fourin-hand tie against disarrangement.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of an invention of this character will be clearly understood without a more detailed description.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A tie holder of the class described comprising a single length of wire bent into a substantial U and having the legs thereof bent upon themselves to provide a substantially U-shaped. body member, the free extremities of said wire forming one leg of said U-shaped body being relatively twisted together with the terminals thereof diverging and pointed to provide penetrating prongs, and said wire at the closed end of the U, and at the free extremity of the other leg of said U-shaped body being bent upon itself to provide for the second named leg an integral hook.

2. A holder for the. knot and small end portion of a four-in-hand tie comprising a member of inverted U-shape and formed of resilient material to provide an elongated loop portion for insertion upwardly into the knot in rear of said small end portion, the front limb of the member having prongs at its free end for engaging the rear side of a portion of the said small end part of the tie and the rear limb being bent to provide a hook for receiving a lower edge portion of a portion of the knot forming part of the tie at the rear of the knot.

ALBERT V. MIENER. 

